Daryona’s birthday is a taboo topic of conversation in her family. This is understandable, because something so terrible happened that the girl was given as a gift to the local healer Vyshemir for saving her. Since childhood, she has carried out his instructions, even if they contradict the covenants of her ancestors, and a year later she will become his wife. “Vyshemir is a kind person,” the girl thinks, but an ordinary walk through the forest behind her coltsfoot completely turns her life upside down.